be in use. Later years In 2009 Lambie-Nairn left the practice he founded to join Heavenly as creative director, leaving in 2011. At Heavenly, he devised the launch identity for Sky Atlantic and also for BBC Entertainment. He subsequently had his own consultancy, ML-N, based in London. In 2011, he worked as a creative consultant in creating a new identity for the Royal Opera House. Through ML-N, he was appointed consultant creative director for the research company, TNS. In 2016, he had joined Red&White as a non-executive chairman and creative director, where he worked to create a new logo and brand identity for his alma mater, the University of Northampton. In 2020, Lambie-Nairn was interviewed for the BBC Four programme The Sound of TV, which debuted a few weeks before his death. Personal life and death Lambie-Nairn passed away on 25 December 2020 at the age of 75. His death was mentioned during a junction on Channel 4 alongside an original channel ident which Lambie-Nairn oversaw the development of in the 1980s. He was survived by his wife Cordelia (née Summers) whom he married in 1970. Awards Lambie-Nairn was an RDI (Royal Designer for Industry), Fellow of the Royal Television Society, and an ex-president of D&AD. He received the D&AD President's Award, Prince Philip Design Prize, Promax Lifetime Achievement Award and Promax Hall of Fame (USA). He also received a Gold D&AD for his work for Channel 4, multiple Silver D&ADs, a BAFTA for his work for BBC2 and multiple Promax Awards. Lambie-Nairn held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the University of Lincoln, and was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design. He also held an honorary doctorate of Arts from the University of Northampton. Bibliography Brand Identity for Television With Knobs On, Phaidon Press, 1997 See also Lambie-Nairn References External links National Portrait Gallery Sitting 1945 births 2020 deaths 20th-century English artists 21st-century English artists Alumni of the University for the Creative Arts BAFTA winners (people) British graphic designers British television directors British television producers Spitting Image People from Croydon Television presentation in the United Kingdom